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Experiences of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich, who was arrested in the Creuse Region of France in 1942, was deported to the Nexon and Drancy camps, to camps in Poland, Germany and Austria, and was liberated from Dachau by the United States Army Experiences of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich during the Holocaust, written 20 July 2009: Arrest of Wolfgang Zeev Blumenreich in the Creuse Region of France, 26 August 1942; deportation to the Nexon camp; transfer to the Drancy camp; transfer to the Fürstengrube camp and forced labor in coal mines; periods of time in various camps, including Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Auschwitz,...

File Number : 182

Type of Material : Documentary

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation and correspondence belonging to Yitzchak Felix Meyer and his parents, Michael and Amalia Meyer, who made aliya to Eretz Israel from Germany, survived the "Patria" tragedy and were detained in Atlit, 1881-1997 Volume I (pp. 1-262) This volume contains personal documentation belonging to Yitzchak Felix Meyer from his birth: Page 1: Copy of the opening page ("Index") with 12 chapters, nine of which (1-6, 10-12) mention their topics; the topics are (the numbers of the pages of the present file containing material matching the topic in the "Index" are given in parentheses): 1. "I As a...

File Number : 356

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Announcement, Diary, Book, Letter, Personal Records, Booklet(s), Inventory List, Postcard, Official Documentation, Memoirs, Poems/songs, Newspaper, Lecture, List of Deportees, Newspaper Clippings

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Yiddish

Orders by the Sicherheitsdienst - SD (Security Service) and the Reichssicherheitshauptamt - RSHA (Reich Security Head Office), regarding concentration camps, 1941-1943

Orders by the Sicherheitsdienst - SD (Security Service) and the Reichssicherheitshauptamt - RSHA (Reich Security Head Office), regarding concentration camps, 1941-1943 Document PS-1063A: Order by Heydrich, including the classification [types] of the large concentration camps, in accordance with the severity of the crimes committed by the inmates who are interred in the camps, and the chance for their rehabilitation from a German viewpoint, 05/01/1941; The document in German is in: JM 2116, ps-1063, n4/3/g, tr3/731; 413, and in English in ps-1063; Document PS-1063B: Letter written by...

File Number : 105

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Map

Language : German

From the Rabbi Elie Bloch Collection: Documentation related to the rescue of children in France, 1942

From the Rabbi Elie Bloch Collection: Documentation related to the rescue of children in France, 1942 Correspondence with the Vienna municipality including a request to come to the help of those detained in Poitiers, the correspondence is alphabetized, M-W; Also in the file: - Postcards from Abraham Manheim from Drancy in which he requests that parcels no longer be sent to him as he must report for deportation the following day, 02 November 1942; - Letter from Jules Markam regarding his willingness to take in a girl, 17 November 1942.

File Number : 310

Type of Material : Letter

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud correspondence regarding the situation in southern France, reports, medical certificates and more, 1942-1943

Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), Zone Sud correspondence regarding the situation in southern France, reports, medical certificates and more, 1942-1943 The material was created by: General Manager 5th Department 3rd Section Camp Commission Edward Dreyfuss In the file: UGIF correspondence mainly regarding the situation in camps in southern France, along with a number of reports. Also in the file: - Report regarding the activities of the "Camps Committee", including statistical data regarding the number of inmates in the different camps, 1941; - Report...

File Number : 161

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Catalog, Names, Personal Documents, Identity Card

Language : French

Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with inmates in detention camps and POW camps in Germany

Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with inmates in detention camps and POW camps in Germany Correspondence with inmates in detention camps and POW camps in Germany: Tittmoning, Laufen, Liebenau and Murnau, regarding barter and the shipment of parcels In the file: - Correspondence with Aron and Zygmunt Gepner, B. Graubart, Michal Laskier, A. Liwer, Abram Manela, Regina Rechtman and others.

File Number : 163

Type of Material : Letter

Telegram from Barbie Klaus, commander of the Sipo (Sicherheitspolizei) in Lyon, regarding the detention of 41 children ages 3-13 in a children's home in order to deport them to Drancy camp

Telegram from Barbie Klaus, commander of the Sipo (Sicherheitspolizei) in Lyon, regarding the detention of 41 children ages 3-13 in a children's home in order to deport them to Drancy camp Telegram from the commander of the Sipo (Sicherheitspolizei) in Lyon, SS Obersturmführer Barbie Klaus, to the Sipo commander in Paris, regarding the detention of 41 children ages 3-13 in a children's home in Lyon; detention of the children along with 10 caretakers, in order to deport them to Drancy camp.

File Number : 315

Type of Material : Telegram

Language : German

Report prepared by the Sipo (Schutzpolizei) in Strasbourg, regarding the escape of 19 Jews during the deportation of Jews from Drancy camp to Auschwitz

Report prepared by the Sipo (Schutzpolizei) in Strasbourg, regarding the escape of 19 Jews during the deportation of Jews from Drancy camp to Auschwitz Report prepared by Friedrich Koehnlein, commander of the Sipo (Schutzpolizei) in Strasbourg, regarding the deportation of 1,200 Jews from Drancy camp to Auschwitz, 20 November 1943, and the escape of 19 Jews during the deportation; report regarding a previous escape attempt from Drancy camp by these Jews, via a tunnel.

File Number : 314

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Telegram by Heinz Roethke regarding the deportation of 1, 200 Jews from Drancy camp

Telegram by Heinz Roethke regarding the deportation of 1,200 Jews from Drancy camp Telegram by SS-Obersturmfuehrer Heinz Roethke, from the Supreme Headquarters of the Sipo (Sicherheitspolizie) and the SD (Sicherheitsdienst) in France, to Adolf Eichmann, the camps administration in Oranienburg camp, and to Rudolf Hoess, commander of Auschwitz camp, regarding the deportation of 1,200 Jews from Drancy camp; ---, typewritten.

File Number : 313

Type of Material : Telegram

Language : German

Testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal, born in Bublitz, Germany, 1889, regarding his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945

Testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal, born in Bublitz, Germany, 1889, regarding his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945 In the file: - Covering report submitted by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding the testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal concerning his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945 (p. 2), 28 April 1961; - Testimony of Wilhelm Liebenthal regarding his experiences in Danzig (Gdansk) until 1940 and illegal aliya attempt to Eretz Israel, 1940-1945, including among other things, a description of...

File Number : 290

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

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